Bosses renew friendship in heat of battle

The meeting of Connacht and Munster at the Sportsground tomorrow will be the latest installment in a friendship between the two head coaches which goes back a decade-and-a-half and spans a few continents.

On the face of it, this perhaps should be the first meeting between South African Johann van Graan and Australian Andy Friend but the two men are well acquainted and looking forward to pitting their wits against each other in a key PRO14 clash.